Oh, dear, what can the matter be

1. Oh, dear, what can the matter be?
   Dear, dear, what can the matter be?
   Oh, dear, what can the matter be?
   Johnny's so long at the fair.

   He promised to buy me a bunch of blue ribbons;
   He promised to buy me some bonny blue ribbons;
   He promised to buy me a bunch of blue ribbons,
   To bind up my bonny brown hair.

   And it's, oh! Dear! What can the matter be?
   Dear, dear, what can the matter be?
   Oh, dear, what can the matter be?
   Johnny's so long at the fair.

2. Oh, dear, what can the matter be
   Three old ladies were locked in a lavatory
   They were there from Monday til Saturday
   Nobody knew they were there.